The Queen Bey herself partnered with the United Nations for a Humanitarian Mission trip to Haiti. With members of her #BeyGood charitable organization, the singer visited towns that were effected by the earthquake on January 12, 2010.
On May 16, 2015 Valerie Amos the Emergency Relief Coordinator, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) accompanied Beyoncé on a humanitarian trip to the island of Haiti. During the trip, Beyoncé visited multiple local programs in a personal capacity to learn more about humanitarian activities.
First stop was the IDP Camp in Caradeux, one of many earthquake settlement camps still in Haiti following the destruction of the 2010 earthquake. The overall people in need of humanitarian assistance has decreased considerably and the number of people displaced in camps has dropped to about 65,000 a 96% reduction from July 2010. but with More than 65,000 Haitians still living in settlement camps, the need for assistance is dire.
Following visits to the camp, the team visited the NPH Saint Damien Hospital in Tabarre, Haiti. Funded through private contributions to NPH worldwide, St. Damien provides high quality medical treatment for disadvantaged and sick children in Haiti and has associated public health and community programs of reach over 90,000 children and adults annually.
The trip also included a tour of the IDP Relocation site in Morne Nazare and a helicopter trip over Port-au-Prince to see progress of the structural reconstruction since the devastation of the 2010 earthquake.
All color photos are credited to UN OCHA/David Gough
The U.N. mission spokeswoman Sophie Boutaud de la Combe shared that Beyoncé was able to “meet some of the people who were affected by” by the 2010 tragic earthquake.
Beyoncé #BeyGood movement is set to help raise awareness and change the world. For more details and photos go to Beyonce.com .
